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To briefly return to the thread topic, foreknowledge refers to information acquired or formulated in the past being utilized in the present. The witnesses knew Paul had been raised as a Pharisee, and could testify to that fact in the present. The manner of Christ's sacrifice had been...

If we read Deuteronomy 7:7-9 we see the Old Covenant election of Israel is a corporate election of a nation or people or group based on keeping His promise to the forefathers of the people about to enter "the promised land." Were they all elected individually, when the promise was made to...

We govern our behavior so we decide whether our stance is legalistic or not. Generally legalism is an effort to elevate our views over the clearly required behaviors explicitly required by scripture. For example some might teach a person must be water baptized to be saved, when others do not...

I am just addressing this opening post, and not any of the comments that may have followed. In order to be saved, the person's faith must be credited as righteousness by God. We know from Romans 4, that He credits the faith of those who believe God raised Jesus from the dead. We know from...

First, we do not use the OT to interpret the NT, we use the NT to interpret the OT. It is the context of 1 Peter that applies to understanding the meaning of 1 Peter"s reference to OT citations. The election of Israel is not in view. They were not all chosen as priests, unlike election under...

I disagree, as the context precludes that view. 1 Peter 2:2 refers to the audience as "you" as people who are to grow in respect to salvation. Thus the you refers to New Covenant born anew believers. 1 Peter 2:5 the "you" are living stones through Jesus. Again, the audience is people that...

John 1:12-13 NASB But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. Here is my interpretation: "As many as received Him"...

I agree that "whom He foreknew" is vague and therefore the group in view is not identified in that phrase. However, because of the subsequent actions of God upon this "group" we can determine it is the target group of God's redemption plan, believers with God credited faith. Why can the...

I have no problem with your viewpoint, as we are free to express our understanding of scripture. Obviously ours differ.

I see this thread has existed for a while, and is now on page 3. I am just addressing the opening post by Dave. The post starts by presenting the traditional Calvinist claims. First, they claim God knows everything imaginable and does not have the inherent power to choose not to know...

I disagree. Paul writes in Col 2:8, we are to see to it no one takes you (plural) captive. Thus it could be translated, see to it no one takes "any of you" captive. rather than see to it no one takes you collectively captive. Ditto for Colossians 2:10, it could be translated, in Him "all of...

When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[fn] NLT and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh...

Here is what you said, That is, from the sacrifice and the blood of the Lamb, God's wrath 'passes over' His people? In the story of the Passover, the sacrifice AND the Jewish people applying it to their door post, seemed to "expiate" God's wrath by taking away (or sanctifying or covering)...

A few days ago, I heard on my car radio a story given by Pastor Skip Heitzig which brought joy to my heart. Here it is from my memory, so forgive me if I botch it... The door opened and "Old Eddie" came out, carrying a bucket, that seemed heavy for Old Eddie. He shuffled down the street and...

I see where a poster indicated, in answer to the question, where does the wrath go, the wrath passes over us. Nope. God was just in not imposing His wrath upon those who died in their sins, but instead sending them to Abraham's bosom, a place of comfort, not torment, where they waited until...

I see no reason for anyone to be confused about the meaning of the Greek nouns translated as "propitiation" in most of our English translations. When God transfers an individual's spirit into Christ, they have then been reconciled by that action. They had been separated spiritually from God...

I see a post offering, apparently, an English dictionary list of meanings for the English word "world." Everyone should know we do not read back into the original language words, the meanings of the English words used to translate them. What translators strive to do is find the original...

When we see the phrases "for sin" in our English translations, the phrases might not mean the same thing. The English word "for" might be a translation of the Greek word "gar" (G1063) as in Romans 6:14 or 7:11, with the meaning of therefore, referring to the preceding activity. In Romans 6:14...

Jesus is the means of reconciliation not only for our sins, but for the whole of humanity, 1 John 2:2. To become the means of reconciliation Jesus bore the penalty for our sins, but not only ours, but for those of the whole of humanity. The wages of sin is death, so Christ died on the cross...

No need to claim the the meaning of the Greek word translated "world" by many versions, might mean something other than humanity. Rocks, trees, mountains do not sin. Does becoming the means of reconciliation necessarily mean He reconciles every individual of humanity? No, of course not, so...